主要研究领域：
1.固体废物污染防治与资源化
2.土壤及地下水污染防控与修复
3.村镇环境综合整治
4.生态修复环境工程
5.流域水环境治理
代表性研究项目：
1国家杰出青年科学基金（51325804），城镇固体废弃物处置与资源化，2014-2017.主持
2国家自然科学基金(51078340)，堆肥过程水溶性有机物结构演化对重金属生物有效性影响机理研究,2011-2013.主持
3国家自然科学基金(50878201)，多阶段接种技术对生活垃圾堆肥效率的影响研究，2009-2011，主持
4“十一五”国家科技支撑计划项目(2009BADC2B00)，新农村建设城乡环保统筹技术与对策研究，2009-2011，主持
5“十一五”国家科技支撑计划项目(2009BADC2B00)，北方寒冷缺水型村镇环境综合整治和资源化利用技术集成与示范（2012BAJ21B04），2012-2015，主持
6“十一五”水专项，我国湖泊营养物基准和富营养化控制标准研究（2009ZX07106-001），2009-2011，主持
7十二五”水专项，东部浅水湖泊营养物基准标准及太湖达标应用研究（2012ZX07101-002），2012-2015，主持.
8国家重大仪器专项，地下水无扰动采样技术与设备研发（2013YQ06072101），2013-2016，主持
9环保公益性行业科研专项，危险废物处理处置场地下水风险评估和分级管理技术研究(200909079)，2009-2012，主持
10环保公益性行业科研专项，地下水污染源强评价、分类与防控技术研究（201309003），2013-2015，主持
11中国工程院咨询项目，村镇环境基础设施建设研究，2014-2015，课题副组长
12环保部工作类项目，国家环境技术管理，2012-2014，主持
13环保部工作类项目，全国地下水基础环境状况调查评估，2011-2017，主持
代表性论文：
1 Increased electron-accepting and decreased electron-donating capacities of soil humic substances in response to increasing temperature, Environmental Science & Technology, 2017,51(6):3176-3186.
2 Distribution patterns of phthalic acid esters in soil particle-size fractions determine biouptake in soil-cereal crop systems, Scientific Reports, 2016,6: 31987.
3 Effect of inoculation methods on the composting efficiency of municipal solid wastes, Chemosphere, 2012,88(6):744-750 .
4 The composition and mercury complexation characteristics of dissolved organic matter in landfill leachates with different ages, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2012,86:227-232.
5 Effect of multi-stage inoculation on the bacterial and fungal community structure during organic municipal solid wastes composting, Bioresource Technology, 2015,196:399-405.
6 Fluorescence excitation-emission matrix spectroscopy with regional integration analysis for characterizing composition and transformation of dissolved organic matter in landfill leachates, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2011,190(1-3):293-299.
7 Enhanced degradation of 2,4-dinitrotoluene in groundwater by persulfate activated using iron–carbon micro-electrolysis, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017,311:183-190.
8 Composition, removal, redox, and metal complexation properties of dissolved organic nitrogen in composting leachates, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2014,283:227-233.
9 Using fluorescence excitation-emission matrix spectroscopy to monitor the conversion of organic matter during anaerobic co-digestion of cattle dung and duck manure, Bioresource Technology, 2012,123:439-444.
10 Woodchip-sulfur based heterotrophic and autotrophic denitrification (WSHAD) process for nitrate contaminated water remediation, Water Research, 2016,89:171-179.
11 A Practical Application for the Development of Lake Nutrient Criteria in China, Environmental Science & Technology, 2013,47(21):11922-11923.
12Performance of dry anaerobic technology in the co-digestion of rural organic solid wastes in China, Energy, 2015,93:2497-2502.
13Influence of chemical and structural evolution of dissolved organic matter on electron transfer capacity during composting, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2014,268:256-263.
14 Process kinetics of inoculation composting of municipal solid waste, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2005,124(1-3):165-172
15Physicochemical and spectroscopic characteristics of dissolved organic matter extracted from municipal solid waste (MSW) and their influence on the landfill biological stability, Bioresource Technology, 2011,102(3):2322-2327.
16In situ simultaneous organics and nitrogen removal from recycled landfill leachate using an anaerobic-aerobic process, Bioresource Technology, 2008,99(14):6456-6463.
17 Spatial structure characteristic analysis of corn stover during alkali and biological co-pretreatment using XRD, Bioresour Technol, 2014,163:356-359.
18Biogas production improvement and C/N control by natural clinoptilolite addition into anaerobic co-digestion of Phragmites australis, feces and kitchen waste, Bioresource Technology, 2015,180:192-199.
19 Insight into the composition and evolution of compost-derived dissolved organic matter using high-performance liquid chromatography combined with Fourier transform infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectra, Journal of Chromatography, 2015,1420:83-91.
20 Identifying diffused nitrate sources in a stream in an agricultural field using a dual isotopic approach, Science of the Total Environment, 2015,484:10-18.
21 Method for screening prevention and control measures and technologies based on groundwater pollution intensity assessment, Science of the total environment, 2016,551-552:143-154.
22Characteristics and transformations of dissolved organic nitrogen in municipal biological nitrogen removal wastewater treatment plants, Environmental Research Letters, 2013,8(4).
23A sustainability assessment methodology for prioritizing the technologies of groundwater contamination remediation, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016,112:4647-4656.
24Nonparametric approaches for estimating regional lake nutrient thresholds, Ecological Indicators, 2015:225-234.
25The protection of high quality waters in China calls for antidegradation policy,Ecological Indicators, 2014,46:119-120.
26Lake ecoregions and nutrient criteria development in China, Ecological Indicators, 2014,46:1-10.
27Insight into the composition and degradation potential of dissolved organic matter with different hydrophobicity in landfill leachates, Chemosphere, 2016,144:75-80.
28Fluorescence excitation-emission matrix spectra coupled with parallel factor and regional integration analysis to characterize organic matter humification, Chemosphere, 2013,93(9):2208-2215.
29Insight into the evolution, redox, and metal binding properties of dissolved organic matter from municipal solid wastes using two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy, Chemosphere, 2014,117:701-707.
30Distribution and ecological risk of antibiotics in a typical effluent-receiving river (Wangyang River) in north China, Chemosphere, 2014,112:267-274.
31Polybrominated diphenyl ethers occurrence in major inflowing rivers of Cross Mak Lake Chaohu (China): Characteristics, potential sources and inputs to lake, Chemosphere, 2013,93(8):1624-1631.
32Assessment of humification degree of dissolved organic matter from different composts using fluorescence spectroscopy technology, Chemosphere, 2014,95: 261-267.
33A comparison of treatment techniques to enhance fermentative hydrogen production from piggery anaerobic digested residues International, Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2013,38(21):8691-8698.
34PARAFAC解析北方典型蔬菜大棚土壤DOM三维荧光光谱，光谱学与光谱分析，2014,34(06):1582-1588.
35填埋垃圾浸提液与地下水污染物组成差异及成因,环境科学，2014,35(04):1399-1406.
36地下土壤渗滤系统中溶解性有机物组成及变化规律研究，光谱学与光谱分析，2013，33(08)：2123-2127.
37白洋淀荷茎叶提取液对铜绿微囊藻及四尾栅藻化感效应，环境科学，2013，34(07)：2637-2641.
38生活垃圾堆肥渗滤液污染物组成与演化规律研究，环境科学，2013，34(07)：2918-2924.
39矿化度作为蒙新高原湖泊营养物基准影响指标的可行性，环境科学，2012，33(10)：3308-3313.
40填埋垃圾渗滤液中水溶性有机物去除规律研究，光谱学与光谱分析，2012，32(09)：2528-2533.
41水环境中PFOA和PFOS的质量浓度分布及其生态毒性，环境科学，2011，32(10)：2817-2826.
42堆肥过程多阶段强化接种对细菌群落多样性的影响，环境科学，2011，32(09)：2689-2695.
43我国不同营养状态湖泊沉积物有机磷形态分级特征研究，环境科学，2011，32(04)：1000-1007.
44不同接种方式对生活垃圾堆肥水溶性有机物荧光特性影响，光谱学与光谱分析，2011，31(03)：714-718.
45基于近红外光谱法的沉积物间隙水化学组分快速测量，光谱学与光谱分析，2011，31(01);105-108.
46鸡粪堆肥水溶性有机物特征紫外吸收光谱研究，光谱学与光谱分析，2010，30(11)：3081-3085.
47云贵高原湖区湖泊营养物生态分区技术方法研究，环境科学，2010，31(11)：2599-2606.
48三维荧光光谱研究垃圾渗滤液水溶性有机物与汞相互作用，分析化学，2010，38(10)：1417-1422.
49干旱半干旱地区湖泊周围盐碱土固体表面荧光光谱特征研究，光谱学与光谱分析，2010，30(10)：2680-2684.
50近红外光谱(NIRS)技术快速测定湖泊沉积物营养组分研究，光谱学与光谱分析，2010，30(10)：2624-2627.
专著：
1席北斗，姜永海，李鸣晓等，Optimization of Solid Waste Conversion Process and Risk, Control of Groundwater Pollution, Springer出版社，2016年01月.
2席北斗，张淑英，任子荣，高如泰等，城乡环境污染控制规划，2015年9月.
3席北斗，夏训峰，苏婧等 ，城市固体废物系统分析及优化管理技术，科学出版社，2010年7月.
4席北斗，魏自民，夏训峰，农村生态环境保护与综合治理，新时代出版社，2008年4月.
5席北斗，魏自民，刘鸿亮，有机固体废弃物管理与资源化技术，国防工业出版社，2006年1月.
6席北斗，陈艳卿，苏婧，霍守亮，湖泊营养物标准方法学及案例研究，科学出版社，2013年12月.
7席北斗，姜永海，李金惠，危险废物填埋场地下水污染风险评估和分级管理技术，中国环境科学出版社，2012年12月.
8席北斗，霍守亮，苏婧，水体营养物基准理论与方法学导论，科学出版社，2013年7月.